East Duplin 3, Croatan 0: Carson Williams had 21 digs and Lydia Elmore had 7 kills, 6 digs and 2 aces to help pace East Duplin to a sweep of Croatan in an East Central 2-A Conference match as the Panthers ran their record to 14-2 and 9-2 in the ECC.

The win improved the Cardinals to 15-2 overall and 13-0 in the conference. Jacksonville will earn a forfeit win over Havelock today in the regular season finale.

“I am excited for the girls,” Jacksonville coach Dave Fleischer said of the league crown. “I think there was some nervousness (about the conference title), but luckily we have a lot of girls who play soccer and they know how to win.

“Yet they had never been here before in tennis. Once we got over the hump (against West Carteret), it did give the girls the confidence to finish the deal.”

Jacksonville 3, West Craven 1: Warren Washington had a goal and an assist to lead Jacksonville to a Coastal 3-A Conference victory at West Craven.

Washington scored off an assist from Tyler Moore to give the Cardinals a 2-1 second-half lead. C.J. Sparks and Aaron Sparks also scored for No. 1-ranked Jacksonville, which was coming off a 7-2 win at No. 2 White Oak on Wednesday.